''Monochamus irrorator'' is a species of

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in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1855, originally spelled as ''"Monohammus" irrorator''. It is known from the

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and

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Subspecies

* ''Monochamus irrorator cineraceus'' (Jordan, 1894) * ''Monochamus irrorator irrorator'' (Chevrolat, 1855)

References

inexpectatus Beetles described in 1855 Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat Beetles of Africa {{Monochamus-stub